Cliff Grassmick / Staff Photographer)
As Dante Wigley began kicking the tires on prospective schools last year for a place to continue his football career, all the appropriate boxes with Colorado started getting checked off.
CU's return to prominence with a 10-win season and an appearance in the Alamo Bowl certainly was notable. And for any player harboring big dreams, the fact the Buffaloes were about to send three defensive backs to NFL rosters certainly was a head-turner.
Then Wigley visited and his mom simply loved the place. Done deal.
As the Buffaloes attempt to regroup Saturday in a homecoming date against Cal (noon, Pac-12 Network), they do so with Wigley playing a larger, more assertive role at cornerback on a defense still trying to establish an identity.